Michelin Red Guide for your PDA

The famous hotel- and restaurant-rating Michelin Red Guide is now available for all the major PDA devices. Up to date for 2001, the Red Guide for France contains more than 13,500 hotels and restaurants, and the Europe Guide contains more than 10,000 addresses in 110 different major European cities in over 20 countries. Establishments are rated on a scale of up to three stars, with special notation included to indicate "local delights" or good value for money. ...more

'Extremely critical' vuln found in Winamp

Security firm Secunia has issued a warning of an 'extremely critical' vulnerability in the Winamp digital media software widely used by AOL subscribers. According to Secunia, the vulnerability definitely affects version 5.12 although it cannot confirm that other versions will not also be affected. ...more

Gather round the home entertainment hub, children

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has seen the unveiling of TiVo's Series 2 digital video recorder, which offers 60 hours of recording time in a newly designed, smaller box. Dubbed by TiVo as 'the next generation digital video recorder', the Series 2 increases the recording capacity at a lower cost. Digital entertainment services - courtesy of USB connectivity - are also on offer, involving the storage of digital music and photos, as well as broadband video on demand. ...more

Google asks users to tweak translations

Google is hoping to iron out translation hiccups by throwing the weight of its massive userbase at the problem. While many translation tools, such as Babelfish and Google's translate.google. ...more

Microsoft unveils hosted security products

Microsoft has unveiled its hosted security products following its buy of FrontBridge technologies. Bought in the summer of last year for an undisclosed sum, FrontBridge's managed security portfolio completed the business end of Microsoft's security offering. It bought Sybari prior to that and is now able to cater for business security requirements whether hosted or in-house. ...more